Effects of COVID-19 on paediatric cardiac centres in low-income and middle-income countries: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric cardiac services in critical access centres in low-income and middle-income countries.

Design

A mixed-methods approach was used.

Setting

Critical access sites that participate in the International Quality Improvement Collaborative (IQIC) for congenital heart disease (CHD) were identified.

Participants

Eight IQIC sites in low-income and middle-income countries agreed to participate.

Outcome measures

Differences in volume and casemix before and during the pandemic were identified, and semistructured interviews were conducted with programme representatives and analysed by two individuals using NVivo software. The qualitative component of this study contribu

SUBMITTER: Dopke C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9684279 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature